What has changed in the electric vehicle industry in September and October?

It's been a while since I wrote an article entitled "What has changed in the electric vehicle sector …?", So I'm going through three months of news as we approach the End of november.

The following is a summary of important news on electric vehicles in September and October.

September

Tesla Stuff

The Tesla Model 3 became the 5th best-selling car in the United States, then the 4th best-selling car.

Because of its high average selling price, this also means that the Model 3 is the best-selling car in the United States in terms of revenue, month after month, since August.

Tesla has also begun to sell more than any other luxury automaker in the United States, gobbling up market share in key categories.

The Model S continued to outperform (by far) its competitors of the big luxury cars in the United States.

In total, Tesla broke all records in electric vehicle sales with 83,500 deliveries in the third quarter of 2018.

Tesla increased its share capital for the Shanghai Gigafactory to $ 681 million.

Tesla brought Model 3 to the Mondial de l'Automobile.

We determined that a UBS report on the costs of Tesla Model 3 was extremely pessimistic and based on illogical assumptions. We also pointed out that UBS had a long history of incorrect pessimism about Tesla.

Tesla has announced plans to have its own body shops.

Tesla has put 3 new Grohmann machines online to reach a production rate of 8,000 battery packs a week, supported by statements from Panasonic that she and Tesla were increasing battery production.

The revenue year of Australia's big Tesla battery generated enough revenue to cover about a third of the cost of the battery.

The Tesla shuttle extended to Florida with new connections in Southwest Florida (Tampa, St. Petersburg, etc.). A few weeks later, he expanded into the northeastern United States.

At the end of a long interview on Joe Rogan's podcast, Elon Musk said, "Love is the answer." Indeed, that's the case.

We launched our #Pravduh About #Tesla weekly report, with an impressive 155 negative headlines for Tesla and 26 positive Tesla headlines during the opening week. In September, 563 negative headlines on Tesla were released and only 122 headlines on Tesla.

The SEC has filed lawsuits against Elon Musk and Tesla. A few days later, they settled, which led to Elon Musk leaving his position as chairman of the board but retaining his position as general manager. (Before announcing the news, I explained why exactly competitors would like to see Elon Musk move away from Tesla.)

Bob Lutz predicted that Tesla would die within two years. Of course, he predicts the death of Tesla for years.

Electric vehicles

The production of electric Vespa has finally started.

Mercedes unveiled its fully electric EQC SUV, which would have a range of 450 km.

The Audi e-tron SUV has crossed the Atlantic up to the United States, as well as various specifications of the long-awaited model.

Proterra closed a $ 155 million financing round led by Daimler and Tao Capital.

May Mobility, a low-speed, Michigan-based low-speed shuttle service operator, has added two new routes to Columbus and Grand Rapids, Michigan.

A 10-year extension of the US Electric Vehicle Tax Credit was introduced in Congress. This is not the case, but perhaps an extension or an improvement.

October

Of course, the biggest news about electric vehicles in October is that we launched our new report on electric vehicle drivers, Drivers of electric cars: claims, desires and dreams. All the other news about electric vehicles is hardly comparable. 😉

The Tesla Model 3 engine and gearbox has survived 1 million kilometers of tests.

Tesla has opened its parts catalog and vehicle drawings to the public.

It has been reported that Tesla was speeding up its Shanghai Gigafactory because of Trump's trade war with China. The company has also accelerated the recruitment for works related to the construction of the plant and acquired approximately 1,300 acres of land in the Shanghai Lingang Equipment Industrial Zone for its Gigafactory 3.

It was also revealed that the Shanghai Gigafactory would produce models 3 and Y to start.

The cities of Taipei, Taiwan, and Tesla have joined forces "to create a new 1.5-hectare hub to help local startups find space and train new energy companies in the city.

"The Tesla Effect" began to hit CNBC.

A major multi-year seller on Tesla changed stores and became a Tesla long … citing 4 Tesla CleanTechnica sales charts in the process. This surprising move seemed to translate into a $ 1.11 billion increase in Tesla's stock the next day.

It was determined that Tesla sales crushed Jaguar & Porsche's global sales in the third quarter, while sales of Tesla Model S crushed competition in the United States. Related: 18 Nasty Tesla Graphics

Review after review of the Tesla Model 3 Performance has indicated that it was a glorious vehicle.

Tesla released a financial report on financial losses showing strong third quarter production and sales, as well as decent earnings. The conference call included … a lot more. Surprisingly, the major media coverage in this area was as crazy as prior coverage. And only CleanTechnica asked the most important questions.

Electric vehicles

Jaguar delivered its first I-PACE to a North American customer.

Zunum is associated with Safran for hybrid electric aircraft.

CleanTechnica garnered the scoop that Nissan is aiming for the production of a $ 45,000 electric SUV.

Uniti has opened an R & D center in the UK.

IKEA has announced plans to offer zero emission deliveries in five cities by 2020.

UPS has launched the first electric city loading bike of its kind.

BYD has introduced two new electric tug offerings.

The details of the Bollinger B2 electric pickup are unveiled.

It was revealed that Angela Merkel was pressuring German automakers to speed up electrification.

Audi started production of electric motors in a factory in Hungary.

Audi would also have been penalized by a 10% increase in the price of LG Chem batteries due to the strong demand for batteries in the industry.

Dyson announced it was about to start building an electric car factory in Singapore that would produce cars by 2021.

Chery begins to introduce Chinese electric cars in Europe.

Volkswagen has started building its first fully electric car factory, just outside Shanghai China.

Volkswagen and Ford would have agreed to associate with electric and autonomous cars.

Volkswagen Group, Mobileye and Champion Motors "have announced their intention to market the Mobility as a Service (MaaS) system with autonomous vehicles in Israel".

EV refill

ChargePoint & EVBox is associated for roaming access in the EU and North America.

Star Charge China and German company Hubject "announced a partnership that will lead to the world's largest open platform recharging network, and the two companies will have more than 100,000 available charging points for their customers in China. , in Europe and the United States. "

Hubject is also associated with ReCharge to allow the charging of electric vehicles in public charging stations without the need for RFID cards.

Google Maps has updated its app to include an electric vehicle charging feature.

About the author

Zachary Shahan Zach tries to help the society to help herself (and other species). He spends most of his time here CleanTechnica as director and editor. He is also the president of Important media and the director / founder of Obsession EV and Solar love. Zach is recognized worldwide as an expert in electric vehicles, solar energy and energy storage. He has lectured on clean technologies at conferences in India, the United Arab Emirates, Ukraine, Poland, Germany, the Netherlands, the United States and Canada.

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